Last Undercover : The True Story of an FBI Agent's Dangerous Dance with Evil

by Hamer, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781599951010
• ISBN10: 1599951010
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Center Street

Summary

Bob Hamer is a 26-year veteran of the FBI. In undercover operations Hamer posed as everything from a drug dealer to an aging pedophile. His last undercover assignment-and his hardest-was infiltrating NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association. Now, looking back on a career rich in the kind of action that makes for great cinema, Bob tells us of the challenges he endured and overcame as he stared the dark side of humanity in the face-and never blinked. It is rare for an agent to serve undercover long-term, but he made a career out of a job that can completely consume and destroy a man. Remarkably, through all of this Bob found a way to remain true to his faith, and always put his family before his work.

Author Biography

Bob Hamer is a 26-year veteran of the FBI, having worked organized crime, gangs, terrorism, and child exploitation. Although he prides himself on his career of successful undercover assignments, he has also served as case agent or co-case agent on some of the most significant headline-grabbing investigations by the Los Angeles office of the FBI. These include: the LA Mafia Family case; the Eddie Nash case (of the Laurel Canyon Murders, John Holmes, Boogie Nights and Wonderland fame); and the July 4^th shooting at the EL AL ticket counter at LAX. Bob and his family live in Los Angeles, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
A Walk Toward the Beast	p. 1
Living in the Shadow World	p. 7
China White	p. 17
The Welcoming Committee	p. 26
Globe-Hopping Smuggler	p. 33
A NAMBLE Safety Lecture	p. 40
The Courtroom Crapshoot	p. 49
Meet the Predators	p. 56
Working the Hood	p. 63
Patience Is a Virtue	p. 70
Improvise to Survive	p. 79
A NAMBLA History Lesson	p. 85
The Murder of Jeffrey Curley	p. 94
Sexual Addiction	p. 103
The Fix Is In	p. 111
Keeping My Shirt On	p. 118
Half-Full or Half-Empty?	p. 125
The Most Bizarre	p. 132
Rub-a-Dub-Dub	p. 140
Enough to Go On?	p. 148
NAMBLA Pen Pals	p. 156
The Miami NAMBLA Conference	p. 163
Relaxing with Predators	p. 169
Leaderless, Shirtless, Clueless	p. 175
Criminal Admissions	p. 183
Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean I'm Not Out to Get You	p. 190
Six-Pack Abs and a Key of Coke	p. 196
Predators Out on the Town	p. 203
Legoland Makes It Unanimous	p. 209
Age of Consent: Zero	p. 218
Trolling for a Three-Time Offender	p. 227
Baiting the Hook	p. 234
Getting the Goods	p. 242
How Much Is Too Much?	p. 251
Swarming to the Bait	p. 260
Greg Nusca, aka David R. Busby	p. 267
Diary of a Sexual Predator	p. 274
My Life as a Ghostwriter	p. 281
Losing It?	p. 288
Keep Those Plates Spinning	p. 296
Intensive Care	p. 305
Final Preparations	p. 312
Predators Tell All	p. 319
Springing the Trap	p. 327
After the Arrests	p. 333
The Trial of Sam Lindblad	p. 340
The Verdict	p. 346
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